2023 Holiday Shipping Deadlines
DOMESTIC ORDERS – FOR DELIVERY BY THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 2023
- USPS Ground Advantage/Priority Mail: Place orders by 11 am ET Thursday, December 7 *There is no guarantee that 1st class packages will arrive by Thursday December 21.
- UPS Ground: Place orders by 11 am ET Tuesday December 12 *There is no guarantee that UPS Ground packages will arrive by Thursday December 21.
- UPS 3 Day: Place orders by 11 am ET Friday, December 15
- UPS 2 Day: Place orders by 11 am ET Monday, December 18
- UPS Next day air: Place orders by 11 am ET Tuesday, December 19
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS – FOR DELIVERY BY THURSDAY DECEMBER 21, 2023
- USPS First Class Mail International: Place orders by Thursday, November 16 *Can take up to 30 days or more with worldwide delays and customs. Not a trackable service and cannot be guaranteed to arrive by December 21. We do not recommend USPS for your holiday needs.
- DHL EXPRESS WORLDWIDE: Place orders by Monday December 11 *There is no guarantee that international packages will arrive by December 21.
Orders do not ship from Adafruit on the following holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- CircuitPython Day
- Labor Day
- Indigenous Peoples Day
- Election Day (the November day set by law for general elections)
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Year's Eve
Same day delivery follows the same holidays.
Keep in mind service guarantees are suspended if delays are caused by bad weather or other disasters. Please see here for more updated information. We cannot refund shipping fees if your package arrives late due to snow or other natural disasters anywhere along your package's route. Meteors, natural disasters, aliens, terrorism, incursions from other dimensions, etc.
For more information on our shipping options go here.